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I recently got a request for routing trucks over restricted truck routes in the state of NY. I initially told the potential client that I didn't think MS MapPoint Web Services supported this but I read that Naviteq offers this:
http://locationintelligence.net/news/12808.html

Does MP Web Services allow access to this data?

Thanks,
Jeff
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http://www.routesmith.com
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Jeff

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Jeff

I have only done this with MP '04 and it required a lot of custom digitizing.. I'm not sure MWS would support it out of the box. How many states are you looking at covering?

Eric

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Eric,
Thanks for your reply. This truck data is newly obtained by Naviteq (Oct 2005). Check out the link below. It describes the designated streets, etc. defined by 12 states to manage large truck traffic:

http://locationintelligence.net/news/12808.html

It would be great if MS WebServices provided a new SegmentPreference called something like "TruckRoute" which could be used, for example, in place of "Quickest" in the method below:

rt = RouteService.CalculateSimpleRoute(arrLatLong, MapPointUtils.DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE, SegmentPreference.Quickest );

After posting this on several sites, my question is evolving to: "How do I directly access the Naviteq data?"

Thanks,
Jeff

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Jeff

Although MWS uses Navteq data, I'm sure this part would not be loaded or exposed through MWS.
Eric

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Eric is correct the MWS does not have truck rout limitations, and I have not seen it as a high priority feature request. I have never done it, but it is feasible that you could get the routing from NavTech, and use those as Routing points (you can have up to 50 in a single rout call), and send those into the MWS affectively routing around the non truck friendly segments.

I'll check with the product team and see if this is on the roadmap, we did just implement real time traffic, so that may be helpful to you since avoiding traffic is also a major concern for drivers.

Thanks,

Mark - MSFT

Does anyone have an idea where the restricted truck route data can be found for Canada.

I am using mappoint for routing dangerous goods vehicles in Canada, and have been looking for sometime for data files.

Mark: This is a request I see on a fairly regular basis for desktop MapPoint - both here and on the newsgroups.

Things like low bridges, axle loadings, and possibly hazardous chemicals.
Most can be implemented with avoid polygons, but I think MapPoint users often have implementation problems and they also need to know where the bridges/etc are in the first place before they can draw the polygons.


Richard

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